Saturday, October 16, 1999
GET TO IT
A guide to help make your day
GOING OUT
• Let's Get Slimy: Learn about slugs and snails, 2 p.m. today, Blue Jacket Trail in Shawnee Lookout, Miami Township. $1 to park. 521-7275, Ext. 240.
• Giant, colorful puppets: Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre performs Perchance to Dream,1 and 3 p.m. today (and Sunday), Cincinnati Art Museum, Eden Park. $7, $5 children. 721-2787.
• Scope Out '99: Today, 8:30 a.m.-11 p.m., at Cincinnati Observatory Center. Lectures, telescope and binocular fair, tours and more. $7.50, $5 students 10-18, free children under 10. 321-3927.
• For the antiques collector: The Cincinnati Antiques Festival continues 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Sharonville Convention Center. $8. 636-8907.
Corryville. $13.50, $15. 562-4949.
• Live jazz night: Today, Phil Willis, Tony Franklin, Joe Policastro and Dave Ridenour give a free concert, 8 p.m., Borders Books & Music, Eastgate. 943-0068.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: ABC repeats Apollo 13 (8 p.m.) opposite the baseball playoffs, while Nickelodeon premieres two new series, The Amanda Show starring comedian Amanda Bynes (8:30 p.m.) and 100 Deads for Eddie McDowd, a bully turned into a dog (9 p.m.).
• And TV Critic John Kiesewetter says you'll find lots of music tonight: Paul McCartney & Friends with the B-52s and Sarah McLachlan (10 p.m., VH1); Britney Spears and Joey McIntyre in Concert (7 p.m., Disney Channel), and the BackBeat, the local Beatles-like band, playing on Know It Alls (7:30 p.m. today, Channel 9).
SHORT STACKS
• Tall Stacks: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. along the riverfront in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. $5 at the gate; children 12 and under are free. Information: www.cincinnati.com/tallstacks or www.tallstacks.com
Highlights
• 2:30 and 4 p.m., seven riverboats will race.
• 7 p.m, join the Dodworth Saxhorn Band, lots of period-costumed dancers and “President Abraham Lincoln” for an 1800s-style Military Ball at the P&G Pavilion, Sawyer Point.
• 7:30 p.m., catch the Light Up the Ohio Boat Parade.
• 8:30 p.m., the Iguanas perform on the Ohio Lottery Public Landing Stage.
HOT TIX
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today for the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Bogart's. $18.50, $20. 562-4949.
BRAND SPANKIN' NEW
• For best friends: Something for the animal in your life? Pampered Pets Bakery & Gifts has its grand opening today at 616 Main St. in Covington's MainStrasse Village. Featuring: Hand-crafted pet jewelry and clothing; luxury gifts; gift baskets; personalized pet portraits; all natural pet treats made with wheat, apple, cheese and, gasp, garlic (a natural flea repellent). 431-4800; www.pamperedpetsbakery.com.
PLANNING AHEAD
• A day away: The Ethicon Endo-
Surgery Pink Ribbon LPGA Pro-Am is Sunday, with tee-off at 11:30 a.m., Golf Center at Kings Island, Mason. Activities include the Johnson & Johnson Health Fair with an appearance by actress Jill Eikenberry, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.(212) 527-7535.
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